From: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
To: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
Cc: akpm@linux-foundation.org, glider@google.com, cl@linux.com,
penberg@kernel.org, rientjes@google.com, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] slub: play init_on_free=1 well with SLAB_RED_ZONE
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:14:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201906201812.8B49A36@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1561058881-9814-1-git-send-email-cai@lca.pw>
On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 03:28:01PM -0400, Qian Cai wrote:
> The linux-next commit "mm: security: introduce init_on_alloc=1 and
> init_on_free=1 boot options" [1] does not play well with SLAB_RED_ZONE
> as it will overwrite the right-side redzone with all zeros and triggers
> endless errors below. Fix it by only wiping out the slab object size and
> leave the redzone along. This has a side-effect that it does not wipe
> out the slab object metadata like the free pointer and the tracking data
> for SLAB_STORE_USER which does seem important anyway, so just to keep
> the code simple.
>
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10999465/
>
> BUG kmalloc-64 (Tainted: G B ): Redzone overwritten
>
> INFO: 0x(____ptrval____)-0x(____ptrval____). First byte 0x0 instead of
> 0xcc
> INFO: Slab 0x(____ptrval____) objects=163 used=4 fp=0x(____ptrval____)
> flags=0x3fffc000000201
> INFO: Object 0x(____ptrval____) @offset=58008 fp=0x(____ptrval____)
>
> Redzone (____ptrval____): cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
> ........
> Object (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> ................
> Object (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> ................
> Object (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> ................
> Object (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> ................
> Redzone (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> ........
> Padding (____ptrval____): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> ........
> CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G B
> 5.2.0-rc5-next-20190620+ #2
> Call Trace:
> [c00000002b72f4b0] [c00000000089ce5c] dump_stack+0xb0/0xf4 (unreliable)
> [c00000002b72f4f0] [c0000000003e13d8] print_trailer+0x23c/0x264
> [c00000002b72f580] [c0000000003d0468] check_bytes_and_report+0x138/0x160
> [c00000002b72f620] [c0000000003d33dc] check_object+0x2ac/0x3e0
> [c00000002b72f690] [c0000000003da15c] free_debug_processing+0x1ec/0x680
> [c00000002b72f780] [c0000000003da944] __slab_free+0x354/0x6d0
> [c00000002b72f840] [c00000000015600c]
> __kthread_create_on_node+0x15c/0x260
> [c00000002b72f910] [c000000000156144] kthread_create_on_node+0x34/0x50
> [c00000002b72f930] [c000000000146fd0] create_worker+0xf0/0x230
> [c00000002b72f9e0] [c00000000014fc6c] workqueue_prepare_cpu+0xdc/0x280
> [c00000002b72fa60] [c00000000011b27c] cpuhp_invoke_callback+0x1bc/0x1220
> [c00000002b72fb00] [c00000000011e7d8] _cpu_up+0x168/0x340
> [c00000002b72fb80] [c00000000011eafc] do_cpu_up+0x14c/0x210
> [c00000002b72fc10] [c000000000aedc90] smp_init+0x17c/0x1f0
> [c00000002b72fcb0] [c000000000ac4a4c] kernel_init_freeable+0x358/0x7cc
> [c00000002b72fdb0] [c0000000000106ec] kernel_init+0x2c/0x150
> [c00000002b72fe20] [c00000000000b4cc] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x70
> FIX kmalloc-64: Restoring 0x(____ptrval____)-0x(____ptrval____)=0xcc
>
> FIX kmalloc-64: Object at 0x(____ptrval____) not freed
>
> Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@lca.pw>
> ---
> mm/slub.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index a384228ff6d3..787971d4fa36 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -1437,7 +1437,7 @@ static inline bool slab_free_freelist_hook(struct kmem_cache *s,
> do {
> object = next;
> next = get_freepointer(s, object);
> - memset(object, 0, s->size);
> + memset(object, 0, s->object_size);
I think this should be more dynamic -- we _do_ want to wipe all
of object_size in the case where it's just alignment and padding
adjustments. If redzones are enabled, let's remove that portion only.
-Kees
> set_freepointer(s, object, next);
> } while (object != old_tail);
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
--
Kees Cook
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-06-21 1:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-06-20 19:28 Qian Cai
2019-06-21 1:14 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2019-06-21 1:19 ` Kees Cook
2019-06-21 12:55 ` Qian Cai
2019-06-25 16:16 ` Alexander Potapenko
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